Ellucian had some skill tracking capabilities, but there was no formal tool or process for skills management.

Above all else, Ellucian required a solution with a “zero learning curve” and intuitive user interface. It had to be simple and not require an extensive training program to implement. The solution also had to be specific to skills management and not include ancillary functionality that would increase its overall complexity and implementation cost.

A number of solutions were evaluated. Some did not adequately address the requirements, and others were found to be too cumbersome for the task.

Ellucian settled on Skills Base for its ease of use, effectiveness, and simple deployment. “The fact that Skills Base is a SaaS application made it very easy for us to deploy”.

Skills Base has empowered individual team members with the capability to reach across the organization when confronted with a unique challenge for a customer. This has helped lower internal barriers including perceived social barriers.

“Skills Base has helped us better leverage the entire organization in delivering value to our customers. It’s helping our teams work more cohesively by allowing team members to more easily connect with each other, even when they may be located in different parts of the world”.